breathing. >> and says the star's doctor told him to bag up vials of drugs. and jackson's chef deliverers heart-rending testimony as the case against the doctor heats up. plus outbreak. contaminated ground beef. cantaloupe. and now lettuce. massive voluntary food recalls expand as deadly bacteria threatens the nation's food supply. we'll tell you which foods and where. and, do the conga. ♪ irresistible songs for millions who love to dance from an iconic star. gloria estefan is tonight's "play list." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," september 29th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. and we begin tonight with vivid

new scenes in the attempt to save michael jackson's life. jurors in the manslaughter trial of jackson's personal physician dr. conrad murray listened to a recording of the star's security guard pleading with emergency personnel for help. but perhaps even more startling was what went on in that room right before the call was made. here's abc's jim avila in los angeles for our series "crime and punishment." >> reporter: heart wrenching story from the bodyguard and cook who worked for michael jackson. first-hand accounts of the failure to save his life and how prince came to watch. >> please raise your right hard. >> reporter: the cook and gentle spirited nutritionist who is in the kitchen the day michael jackson died. she's preparing a salad for her boss and three children when just after noon, the normal peace in the house is broken by a screaming conrad murray. >> his energy was very nervous

and frantic and he was shouting. >> what did he shout? >> get help. get security. get prince. i dropped what i was doing and i ran to go get prince. i said hurry, dr. murray needs you. there may be something wrong with your father. >> reporter: so prince follows dr. murray up the stairs to michael jackson's private quarters, and the she goes back to the kitchen. now, if you're wondering why, in an emergency involving her boss the cook would send a 12-year-old boy to help so was the defense, on cross examination. >> you saw dr. murray frantic, eyes wide yelling. did you think that a 12-year-old child is going to be able to assist this doctor with a

problem with michael? >> i did what i was told. >> you did what? >> i did what i was told and i went to get prince. >> reporter: and she, like dr. murray, did not call 911. who did? >> please state your name for the record. >> alberto alvarez. >> reporter: alberto alvarez may be the key witness in this case. bodyguard, head of the advance team and first in the room where dr. conrad murray was desperately working to bring their boss back to life. it was alvarez who finally called for an ambulance. >> we have a gentleman here that needs help and he's not breathing. he's not breathing. >> where is he at right now? >> he's on the bed. >> let's get him on the floor. >> reporter: for the prosecution, alvarez makes it clear the doctor was not doing cpr correctly, pumping his chest on the soft surface of jackson's bed, instead of the floor. and he puts dr. murray firmly in control of the scene.

>> the doctor is the only one here. >> so the doctor see what happened? >> doctor, did you see what happened, sir? he's pumping his chest but he's not responding to anything sir, please. >> reporter: alvarez started his day at his post outside the rented jackson mansion. in the guard trailer on the front driveway. he's called by jackson's personal assistant and told to go through the front door of the main house, up the staircase to jackson's private suite where he finds a dying michael. >> he was laying on his back with his hands extended out. i observed that his eyes were slightly open, were open and his mouth was open. >> reporter: dr. murray asked alvarez to-p pumping michael's chest while dr. murray veteran medical professional does something he has never done before. >> he was giving mouth to mouth, sir. i recall that after -- a couple a few breaths, that he breathed into mr. jackson, he came up and he says he said "this is the

first time i do mouth to mouth. but i have to he's my friend." >> reporter: it was dr. murray who tells alvarez to call for an ambulance, but he's distracted by a scream. prince is back and this time his sister paris is with him. >> they were right behind me. and paris screamed out "daddy!" dr. conrad murray said "don't let them see their dad like this." >> reporter: so alvarez rushes them out of the room and is about to call 911 when there's another delay. dr. murray asks him to do something first, a critical request prosecutors contend shows dr. murray's guilt. >> he reached out and grabbed handful of vials and then he reached out to me and said "here, put these in a bag." >> reporter: then, alvarez says dr. murray points to the iv bag and asks that it too, be put away in the doctor's blue medical bag.

perhaps that is why dr. murray was so anxious to return to the mansion after jackson was pronounced dead, prosecutors say. because inside the iv bag, he asked alvarez to hide was what the prosecution contends is the weapon in this manslaughter case. a bottle dripping a milky white liquid the appearance of propofol, the anesthesia nicknamed milk that killed michael jackson. for "nightline," jim avila, abc news, los angeles. >> thanks jim. day three down and a long ways still to go in this trial. just ahead, ground beech? cantaloupe cantaloupe? and now tomatoes and lettuce. we have the latest food recall details. let's ring you up. mary? what are you doing here? it's megan. i'm getting new insurance. marjorie, you've had a policy with us for three years. it's been five years. five years.

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with cynthia mcfadden. >> the current listeria outbreak in cantaloupes is already being called the third deadliest wave of food-borne illness in u.s. history. in a list that seems to grow daily. today, there were two new voluntary recalls of lettuce and grape tomatoes. tonight, we talk with one of the country's top food safety it will gators about what he simply refuses to eat. here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: from listeria-laden cantaloupe to this week's voluntary ground beef recall -- >> new information coming in on a beef recall. >> reporter: keeping up with what is and isn't safe to eat. >> salad lovers listen up. check your refrigerator. >> reporter: is enough to give you indigestion. pulling up a seat with a male malewith one of the nation's top food safety it will gators is an

eye-opening time to understand what's on your plate. >> blt, really the only thing at risk here is the tomatoes and the lettuce. which is half the sandwich. >> reporter: he is a peaky eater. >> i ordered the cheese burger. >> and i hope you ordered it well done. >> it's a little pink. >> reporter: would you eat this? >> no. there was a recall yesterday of tomatoes. i'm assuming that these aren't part of that recall, but i don't know that. >> reporter: bill marler has made a fortune suing food producers, retailers and restaurants for giving hundreds of people everything from e. coli to salmonella to listeria. he now represents more than a dozen people nationwide made sick from eating cantaloupe. how bad is this cantaloupe outbreak? >> as of yesterday, became the third most deadliest food-borne illness outbreak that's ever occurred in the united states. it's pretty stunning. >> reporter: he didn't expect food safety to be a career when

he took a case representing people allegedly made sick from eating jack in the box hall p hamburgers in 1993. >> looks like an arkansas case has been confirmed. >> reporter: since then the kapss have rolled in by the dozens, making him one of the leading voices on food safety. >> things are going to get out of control. >> reporter: and he puts his stomach where his mouth is. his own menu never including ground beef or turkey. no bagged salad no matter what. no raw oysters, and never, ever any sprouts. >> i have a different perspective on hamburger than i think most people do. >> reporter: his daughters have grown up without ever tasting a hamburger. >> my view is, ultimately, it is the manufacturer, it's the shipper, it's the retailer that is selling us food that they have an obligation to make sure the food they're selling us is free of pathogens. >> reporter: chew on this for a

minute. food safety funding for the meat inspectors at the usda is faceing a 3.4% cut next year while the fda is being hit with a 10% bite. which could mean 600 fewer inspectors at farms and factories. but with less money to use on inspectors and lab tests, the question isn't just whether we can rely on our government to keep us safe, but should we? >> to the extent that government says that it's in control, there's a false sense of security created among consumers. consumers are the ones who have to be on the lookout, who have to demand information and that's how they're going to keep the food industry accountable. >> reporter: one company that isn't waiting for the federal government's help is costco. the national retailer is taking on the cantaloupe crisis itself and may now set its own standards for how melons are grown, cleaned and thanled after they are picked. they may skwooir suppliers to test their melons to insure they are safe to ship.

craig wilson is costco's find safety director. >> i think we can do better. at least we can have a really strong feeling for what we're putting out and good knowledge for what goes on the sales floor. >> reporter: and they're looking to do the same with other foods. consider this. since 2009 there have been outbreaks involving everything from peanut butter to eggs strawberries, even cookie dough. and it turns out costco is one of the best positions to deal with recalls, since every purchase is tied to a customer's membership i.d. the company actively reaching out and contacts everyone who has purchased a newly recalled item. something a typical supermarket can't do. >> we call them, we tell them exactly what's going on and tell them not to eat the item, not to use the item return it immediately for a full refound or give them some remedy. >> reporter: back at the lunch table with marler he cautions the problem of tainted food is mainly for the very old, young and very pregnant. but that happens to be a lot of

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well she has six grammy awards to her credit and she's sold more than 90 million albums world wide. but as a toddler, she was a ref refugee refugee, fleeing from her family from cuba to the united states after fidel castro took power. gloria estefan tells us about the music that has moved her life in tonight's "play list." ♪ ♪ come on ♪ ♪ shake your body ♪ >> music to me was always my

escape. it was my way of e moting. every step of the way, along my life, music has been there for me. ♪ my first musical memory is the amazing cuban music of celia cruz. we left cuba i was only 18 months old. we weren't allowed to take anything with us. coming from a musical family it was a big part of our life so my grandmother started smuggling cuban records in baby food that she would send me from cuba because they didn't make mango compote here in the united states yet. celia is that song. i remember hear inging "ferry across the mersey" on the radio. i didn't want to move. i got goose bumps. i could smell that clean laundry smell and to this day when i

hear that song i get that smell back in my brain. ♪ the first song that i sang with miami sound machine was "what a difference a day makes" back in the '70s. when i first met emilio they called us over on how to get a band together. a guy was playing "do the hustle" on the accordion. very brave and there was so much charisma in this band and everybody was having such a great time. after everything was over he came to me that night, he said you know, we don't have a singer in the band. are you interested? ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ >> the most influential in my personal style would be carole king. it was just so soulful. i could play it on my guitar and it was a woman. one of the first really high profile women, because before that it was mostly men.

as a person that really listens to lyrics i really love the people that sang that actually wrote their music. i knew it meant something more. it gave me an insight into who they were. adele. she really gets to me. because i can hear her vulnerability. i can hear her honesty. "someone like you," you can feel the pain and yet she's trying to be positive and music has always gotten me through the really rough times. this was the type of music. ♪ i love gaga, as well. i think she's an amazing artist. amazing chops. she's real. she writes her stuff and she really makes everything bigger than life. artists that have something to say, that are really trying to make things different through their music and putting their life, their experience out there, i think that's the best

thing you can do as an artist. i never imagined i would end up going worldwide with my music. it's been a blessing. ♪ >> gloria's new album is out this week. thanks for watching abc news. remember, "good morning america" in the morning and we're always online at abcnews.com. hope you'll come right back here tomorrow. have a good evening. >> dicky: tonight on an all-new "jimmy kimmel live" -- matt stone and trey parker. >> jimmy: when you think back on how upset these tv critics were about the cartoon and the anall probe and now we've come so far, i think they were right. you guys d